High Speed Flash Speedlights

[felix5616]

Looking for some small flash heads that have vary short flash durations(1/5,000 to 1/10,000 sec ) flash duration. Prefer generic speed lights but need to work with any camera.

[dwswager]

Looking for some small flash heads that have vary short flash durations(1/5,000 to 1/10,000 sec ) flash duration. Prefer generic speed lights but need to work with any camera.

I would say Paul Buff Einstein, but can't figure out from the "Speed Lights" reference if you are asking for an on camera flash head.

[felix5616]

looking for any flash head, preferably small with a very short flash duration

[dwswager]

looking for any flash head, preferably small with a very short flash duration

Buff Einstein 640 is pretty small.  Of course, I'm using 15 year old Buff Zaps which are about 3-4 times as large.  Flash duration ranges from 1/2000th to 1/13,000s, depending on flash power and setup.

[TonyW]

If you are looking for generic speedlights e.g. those that will happily sit on top of the camera hotshoe or to be fired remotely by triggers then you will need to do a search on  flash units perhaps within your budget limits and get hold of the manuals to find the specifications for flash duration.

For instance the lowly Nikon SB600 flash duration can be as short as 1/25000 sec, but the flash will only output 1/64 the amount of light that is available in full output e.g.
1/900 sec. at M1/1 (full) output
1/1600 sec. at M1/2 output
1/3400 sec. at M1/4 output
1/6600 sec. at M1/8 output
1/11100 sec. at M1/16 output
1/20000 sec. at M1/32 output
1/25000 sec. at M1/64 output

You may find it difficult to get the output you require to light anything but the smallest subjects unless you ramp ISO up. 

[felix5616]

thanks, leo